WI: Cleopatra Married Lepidus
In the fall of 41 BC, Cleopatra instead of going to meet Antony at Tarsus decides to head west to entreat with Triumvir Lepidus. Lepidus soon after divorces his wife and marries the Egyptian Queen. Lepidus now joins his North Africa territories with that of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. What would be the results of this union? How would Octavian, Antony and Sex. Pompey react?
Would this help Lepidus further his claims to territory? What if Cleoptra's conflict with Judea and her claims to Herod's territory? Would this get Lepidus and Cleopatra defeated even faster in this timeline? What of Antony and Octavian? Do you think they would still eventually go to war?
In the fall of 41 BC, Cleopatra instead of going to meet Antony at Tarsus decides to head west to entreat with Triumvir Lepidus. Lepidus soon after divorces his wife and marries the Egyptian Queen. Lepidus now joins his North Africa territories with that of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. What would be the results of this union? How would Octavian, Antony and Sex. Pompey react?
Would this help Lepidus further his claims to territory? What if Cleoptra's conflict with Judea and her claims to Herod's territory? Would this get Lepidus and Cleopatra defeated even faster in this timeline? What of Antony and Octavian? Do you think they would still eventually go to war?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Aemilius_Lepidus_(triumvir)"He asserted that Sicily should be absorbed into his sphere of influence. After negotiation, he suggested an alternative: Octavian could have Sicily and Africa, if he agreed to give Lepidus back his old territories in Spain and Gaul, which should legally have been his according to the Lex Titia."
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